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PS3 Devil will make you cry with 20 min install time

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Devil May Cry 4 is coming to 360 and PS3 this Friday. That's good news mainly for the reason that it's an awesome game. But there's a little issue of a massive installation process that forces all PS3 gamers to wait just under 22 mins before they can tuck in to Dante's finest.

You'd think there'd be a benefit after being forced to install nearly 5GB of game data, like shorter or even no loading times during the entire game. Funny thing is though, it doesn't make much difference to load times compared to the 360 version, that you can play straight away.
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mighty_douche - 687 days 4 hours ago
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Well earlier a review stated that the install made load time on the PS3 around 3 time faster than the 360. so which is it?

And before people get their knickers in a twist here, its 22 minutes, not a big deal.
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decapitator - 687 days 4 hours ago
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Does this poll contain any new information that gamers did not already know ? This has been posted countless time.
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HowarthsNJ - 687 days 4 hours ago
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1.2 - I have heard about 20 minute ps3 install times before, but never actually experienced them.
I'm wondering if having the 60 GB US launch PS3 makes a difference?

5 to 10 minute installs tops for me including Oblivion.
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romaink - 687 days 4 hours ago
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1.3 - wow...
22 mins is not a big deal?!
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marinelife9 - 687 days 3 hours ago
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If you want to cut your install times down you can always drop in a 7200rpm drive.

The article's tone is biased off the bat. IGN reviewed the game and said that load times were up to 3x's faster on the PS3. I'll take 22 minutes and go piss, make a sandwich, and grab a drink before I sit down to play. For having 3x's shorter in game load times but hey that's just me thinking logical.
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Lifendz - 687 days 3 hours ago
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1.5 - Not sure I care
about the loading difference one way or the other. It's just very...courious...that after loading it onto the hdd there'd be no difference in load times.
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Method - 687 days 2 hours ago
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1.8 - RE:1.6
If that was supposed to be an attempt at being funny, you failed miserably. Must be sad knowing that the only person laughing at your own jokes is yourself.
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mighty_douche - 687 days 2 hours ago
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^^ SPAM, reported.
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Violater - 687 days 2 hours ago
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1.11 - hmm
Faster Load times, better textures and no screen tearing?
Sign me up.
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IntelligentAj - 687 days 2 hours ago
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Why would this make me cry?
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Jenzo - 687 days 1 hour ago
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That would make it 6 second load times on the 360 versus 2 second on the PS3. It's awesome in both versions so it doesn't really matter.
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SlappyMcTaint - 686 days 22 hours ago
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1.14 - man...
Why isn't the "Loading times 3x faster on PS3" the story? Somebody always skews these things against the PS3, when it's a 20min install that will greatly improve overall playability.
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Utalkin2me - 686 days 20 hours ago
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1.15 - Hmmmmm.....
I believe that installing on the ps3 will make the load times equal on the 360 and ps3. From the little bit of info i get from a few sites. But we will have to just wait and see.
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xbox360migs - 686 days 19 hours ago
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1.16 - Why!
I would like to know why you have to wait 22 mins to install the game in the first place? that's unheard of on a console
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Willio - 686 days 17 hours ago
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1.17 - @xbox360migs
have you heard of a PC game?
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xbox360migs - 686 days 6 hours ago
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1.18 - @Willio
Yes, but I am talking about consoles as stated in my previous comment, not PC's.
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Joey Gladstone - 687 days 4 hours ago
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2 - 3X Faster Load times on the PS3 version
.......enough said..
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...."The JOEY has Spoken"
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2.1 phony force slayer | 687 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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masterg - 686 days 23 hours ago
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@XBL FIR3 H4WK 117

Please learn some math before posting that nonsense.
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Panthers - 686 days 22 hours ago
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Well when you are loading in the middle of the game it can take away from the experience. Getting most of it out of the way at the beginning (well at least most of it) is a better option in my opinion.
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antoinetm - 686 days 20 hours ago
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+bbles @ 2.2

=12 in 1min
=12 x 22
=246 <-- DUH!!

anyways, fanboy.website++;
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mintaro - 686 days 19 hours ago
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i know 3x faster load times is a big deal to you guys, but honstly what is 6 seconds to 2 seconds
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Rikitatsu - 687 days 4 hours ago
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3 - 22 min ?? OMG i am not going to buy this game
Seriously i rather wait 22 min , than waiting 6 Seconds on the 360 each time i enter a room :)
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mikeslemonade - 687 days 4 hours ago
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Yea it's a pretty even trade off. For twenty minutes you can be reading the manual or something and the 20 minutes shows the DMC1-DMC3 story.
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IDemonstalkerXI - 687 days 3 hours ago
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Yah , plenty of things to do while installing games, been doing it on pc forever not a big deal. Faster loads ftw!
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Ju - 686 days 20 hours ago
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I hate nothing more then load times. I am wondering why they don't stream the whole game. That should remove the install time (or at least initial cache) and even get rid of the remaining 2 sec. If the game re-loads that often like the demo does, it is a significant improvement, though.
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Daishi - 686 days 17 hours ago
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The 20 minute load time is to get past the PS3's 2x drive. They had to have BR in the PS3 but a 4x or more drive would have put the costs of the PS3 above $1000, which in turn forced them to put a HDD in all skus(which would have been a good move regardless). Hopefully they will come out with a new sku with a faster drive or a mod for current models. I'm pretty sure this isn't going to make anyone sell there PS3 and run out to buy a 360 or vice versa.
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m9105826 - 686 days 16 hours ago
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2x Blu-ray is just as fast, and in some cases faster than a 12x DVD drive reading a dual-layer DVD. Sorry.
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TrapperDan - 687 days 4 hours ago
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4 - So we're reporting
We're reporting computerandvideogames.com as flamebait now? Why? Aren't they a reliable news source? Shouldn't that make it news worthy regardless?
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decapitator - 687 days 4 hours ago
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No one is reporting "them" as a publication, I and the other people reporting this article are doing so because so because it is just a flame-bait piece written so get hits on their site and start another pointless battle among fanboys.

And here is the link from CAPCOM, saying the game is identical in everyway.

http://n4g.com/News-94755.a...
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SlappyMcTaint - 686 days 22 hours ago
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4.2 - They are legit...
It's just the overall anti-PS3 skew that ruins this article. Why isn't the story "PS3 loads 3x faster than 360" ? It isn't, because everybody would rather keep bashing the PS3 and poking at everything that could be seen as bad, instead of seeing the overall gaming experience and realizing how 3x faster loads is way, way better for it.
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Ju - 686 days 20 hours ago
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Oh man, why do you guys take that so serious. It reads more like a sarcastic joke then anything else. They're making fun of it. So what. I don't have a 360, so if I am deciding to keep it, well it will be the PS3 version anyhow. So what. It installs it before you can play. Are you all hyper and can't have any patience no more?
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toughNAME - 687 days 4 hours ago
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5 - Forget about which version is clearly better
I don't understand why they didn't just give a choice for the PS3 instead of forcing gamers to install the damn thing first
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paul_war - 687 days 3 hours ago
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I agree, on Bladestorm & Pro Evo the install process is optional.
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Neurotoxin - 687 days 4 hours ago
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I would rather install for 20 mins than wait for long loading times, get it out the way seems like a better idea to me.
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Honeal2g - 687 days 2 hours ago
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6.1 - i just feel like 22 minutes is = 360 load times
i dont think its a big deal would have been kooler if it were optional but still 22 minutes is probably equivalent to the total amount of seconds of load time if it werent downloaded to ur harddrive. so based on my assumption (not fact assumption) its just one big load time before hand. this game will be sick no matter wat system u own regardless. 360 copy is ideal for me cause i enjoy acheivements that and dont own a ps3 as of yet.
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6.2 phony force slayer | 686 days 22 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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OC Shock Value - 687 days 3 hours ago
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7 - LOL
Heres an idea.. when the game is loadind u can..

1. Read The Manual
2. Call your girlfriend
3. Clean your room
4. watch a tv show
5. Flame someone on N4G.com

If you sit there and look at the screen for the whole 22 minutes.. YOU lose.. and you alone
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m9105826 - 686 days 16 hours ago
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+ bubbles.

If you don't have a girlfriend to call, get one instead of playing DMC4. Her replay value will be much higher.

Please excuse my misogynistic remark, but i needed a way to relate...
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Ashta - 687 days 3 hours ago
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8 - Well...
"We're reporting computerandvideogames.com as flamebait now?"

CvG has always been flamebait actually. CvG, Gametrailers, and Gamersyde constantly create flame wars with video and screen shot comparisons of each multi-platform game that is released.

As for the "no load times" I'm not going to say that CvG isn't wrong about the lack of any real difference, but I will point out that plenty of other sources say that there -is- a significant difference in between the load times due to the install. It's kind of an "all against them" type of situation really.

Not to mention it's not like you just have to sit and look at a download bar for the 20 minutes or so. It retells the entire DMC series story on the download screens whole your waiting and it has pictures and character bios that appear when its telling the story. Not stuff we didn't already know, but to newcomers it kind of introduces them to the story and it also recaps for us veterans things that we might have forgot.

SO! All in all? the story itself is flamebait and is in no way as bad as the article makes it sound.
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cr33ping_death - 687 days 3 hours ago
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wow....who really cares about loading the game? study the games booklet, get some snacks for the awsome gaming ahead, or best of all come here and argue on N4G :)...... "some" people make it seem like the game is unplayable.
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forcefullpower - 687 days 3 hours ago
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10 - DEMO Vs Full Games
Not sure about everyone else but when i played the demo on both PS3 and 360. Load times where quicker on PS3. They where both from the drive.

Anyone tested for REAL??
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Martini - 687 days ago
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WTF are you talking about?? There were no load times on 360 in the demo.
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moparful99 - 686 days 20 hours ago
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Actually martini there is, those control screens that pop up and show you how to do a move are cleverly hidden load screens. Also everytime you walk through a door is a load sequence, hence thats why theres so many damn doors in the demo. Just because a big bar doesnt pop up on the screen and says LOADING doesnt mean its not loading...
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Chippathingy - 687 days 3 hours ago
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11 - okay....
So 20 minutes is not a big deal. But I gotta wonder why they programmed the game to do an install for the PS3? Would this be because the Blu-ray read/write time is slow? That would make the only sense to me.
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mistertwoturbo - 686 days 21 hours ago
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Because every PS3 in the world comes with a built-in HDD. I'm sure if the 360 had a built-in HDD in all of they're systems, they could have incorporated a "install" feature on all they're games reducing load times, and caching textures and data.

Or are you too biased to even see that? And you and you're distracting avatar again. I always disagree with most things you say, but I can definitely see EYE to EYE with you on that avatar. =)
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Jack Bauer - 687 days 3 hours ago
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if i get this game its for the 360...idc about load times...but 5 gbs here 5 gb for oblivion and various other games taking up space on my PS3 HDD, i gotta save my space for exclusives.
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